{"id":15283,"date":"2016-08-24T20:02:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-astronaut-jeff-williams-sets-new-u-s-space-endurance-record\/"},"modified":"2016-08-24T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:02:07","slug":"nasa-astronaut-jeff-williams-sets-new-u-s-space-endurance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-astronaut-jeff-williams-sets-new-u-s-space-endurance-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA astronaut Jeff Williams sets new U.S. space endurance record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STORY WRITTEN FOR&nbsp;CBS NEWS&nbsp;&amp; USED WITH PERMISSION<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17933\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/williams-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: NASA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/williams-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/williams-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/williams-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>International Space Station commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S. space endurance record Wednesday, his 521st day in orbit over four missions, eclipsing the 520-day record set earlier this year by astronaut Scott Kelly at the end of his nearly one-year stay aboard the lab complex.<\/p>\n<p>Williams now moves up to 17th on the list of the world\u2019s most experienced astronauts and cosmonauts. The overall record is held by cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who logged 878 days in orbit over five missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to congratulate you on passing me up here in total number of days in space,\u201d Kelly radioed Williams Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see another record broken. \u2026 But I do have one question for you. And my question is, do you have another 190 days in you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was referring to the time Williams\u2019 current mission would have to be extended to equal Kelly\u2019s U.S. single-flight record.<\/p>\n<p>Williams laughed, saying \u201c190 days. That question\u2019s not for me, that\u2019s for my wife!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with CBS News, Williams said he did not pay much attention to records, \u201cbut I reflect on the experience a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat comes to mind is just the honor of being part of the International Space Station from the beginning all the way through the assembly to now, and working with this great team,\u201d he said. \u201cI would say the partnership has never been stronger than it is today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt occurred to me yesterday, I haven\u2019t seen it this productive, we\u2019re doing very signifiant work, since we were assembling this thing with a visiting shuttle crew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams, Soyuz TMA-20M commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Oleg Skripochka were launched to the space station March 18. They plan to return to Earth Sept. 6 (U.S. time), landing in Kazakhstan to close out a 172-day mission. At landing, Williams will have logged 534 days aloft, moving him up to 14th on the space endurance list.<\/p>\n<p>Williams first flew in space in 2000 aboard the shuttle Atlantis, the third shuttle flight devoted to station assembly. He served as a flight engineer aboard the station in 2006 and completed a second long-duration stay in 2010, serving as a flight engineer and then commander of Expedition 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STORY WRITTEN FOR&nbsp;CBS NEWS&nbsp;&amp; USED WITH PERMISSION Credit: NASA International Space Station commander Jeff Williams set a new U.S. space endurance record Wednesday, his 521st day in orbit over four missions, eclipsing the 520-day record set earlier this year by astronaut Scott Kelly at the end of his nearly one-year stay aboard the lab complex. 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